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Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Environmental Governance in State-Led Green Projects in North Africa

Mon. April 14th, 2025
Virtual

North African states are investing in massive public works projects that are supposedly environmentally sound, in some cases with international climate finance. But despite promoting these projects as “green,” available evidence suggests that relevant government agencies do not properly anticipate their potential environmental impacts nor integrate environmental requirements systematically into the design, implementation, and post-delivery phases of projects. Government oversight and enforcement of environmental standards is ambiguous at best, while social profitability appears to receive even less attention.

To address this topic, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center and the Arab Reform Initiative are organizing a virtual panel discussion on Monday, April 14, at 4:00 PM Beirut time EEST (UTC+3)/ 09:00 AM EST, featuring: Adam Mokrani, Attorney at Law and research consultant, Arab Reform Initiative, to discuss cases from Tunisia, such as the Green Hydrogen Projects, Zakaria Ibrahimi, Professor of sociology and anthropology, Cadi Ayyad University, to discuss cases from Morocco, such as the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, Imen Louati, Research consultant, Arab Reform Initiative, to discuss the Social and Gender Impacts of Environmental Mega Projects, and Yezid Sayigh, senior fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, to discuss Military-Managed Public Works in Egypt,

The discussion will be held in Arabic, with simultaneous interpretation into English, and moderated by Sarine Karajerjian, Program Director of the Environmental Politics Program, Arab Reform Initiative.

For registration, kindly use the Zoom registration link provided.  The discussion will also be livestreamed on Arab Reform Initiative’s official Facebook page.

For more information, please contact Najwa Yassine at najwa.yassine@carnegie-mec.org and/or Camille Mroue at c.mroue@arab-reform.net.

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
event speakers

Yezid Sayigh

Senior Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces, the impact of war on states and societies, the politics of postconflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.

Sarine Karajerjian

Program Director of the Environmental Politics Program, Arab Reform Initiative.

Sarine Karajerjian is the program Director of the Environmental Politics Program, Arab Reform Initiative.

Adam Mokrani

Attorney at Law and research consultant, Arab Reform Initiative.

Adam Mokrani is the attorney at Law and research consultant, Arab Reform Initiative.

Zakaria Ibrahimi

Professor of sociology and anthropology, Cadi Ayyad University, to discuss cases from Morocco.

Zakaria Ibrahimi is a professor of sociology and anthropology, Cadi Ayyad University, to discuss cases from Morocco.

Imen Louati

Research consultant, Arab Reform Initiative.

Imen Louati is a research consultant, Arab Reform Initiative.